The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-09

nrre6if e tha y Democratic party which elected
ana installed thhao Governors IN ONES, sen
I Nichols was elected tiavcruor eli the ti1lg We
j reaeamed the Stata. We placed hill IN Once
/ Al TIRE aRrae time, Taking away no credit
from Cen. Nicholas, dOuv the siatEmeni
that has hesn made that he redeemed th1
/ ststal Ilhe Democrats ulrty Of LnufHlana,
I the white MN ol I511liHtHmR, redeanetl t1e
STATE rs the same TIM tlA$ they FIis Ieil;
Nichols - osaee and made nm lle ss.ent q
the people to segttre the hcLzlefsQigci l1ens ~
I tho national government OF the victory VIII Cd
I they had Won. IApplauaG-l Alld Gen. Mon
oils well and Hpbly fulfilled the task winch
was assiguBd % HIM, tAppla5Re. have no
! cr5GciEm 70 uiier upQD any sinGle nnl OF llla
Z administration. During q great part Of the
I time 4 was s. n1em1er o. Inc 4geglHiss'lIe
/ which uOaRIt TO uphQld hls hands and %
| support I'm m Ell his efforts TO HnGure the
I nAknoWied EHnunt OF the redemption OF our
Btsbe. There mny have BEEN measures
naaptad which Gid nat command nls apltto-
batlQn Et the time. am ueE prepRred Y
K criticize them nov. am Wiling % yield
4 the full mHed OF praise Whlch Is que
g that distinguished gentleman who tslihli 4
the duties Of bis olEioa well and truly. aud
who has right DO claim anything which he
| may desire st the hands OF the pe1pls ot Lou
| isisBa. he WAS followed By that distin-
gIEished Young Creole, llouis a. Wiz v nose
devotion 10 his Statealtd his party and whose
/ love Tor his people had earned hun an Rnclurs
ing plnGe IA the memqries OF the people OF
Louisiana. IApPiause.l Gen. Nichols was
retired tnam ONCE, ~ was saId to-day bl
the adoption Of the new bQnRtEutlunS but
Gen. Nichols retired from office yoiun t9rliy
He stated at the time that he did not desire
to hold the office longer; public life was dis
tasteful e. him. He preferred 70 retire from
efiCe and seek in the quiet OF ola family aud
I IN tie duties ct professional life tllAt resi-
] Quiet and peace which was mere eonEenlai 20
his tastes. I do not admit, as was said to-
day, thas Gen. Nichols was laElsLatsd out OF
i THE PEOFIlE OF LOUISIANA
adopted a new Constitution, the. natural
- .gzI -. No F51laa
OF the State and to remit to the people the
dutv Of filing them with new mcuInbantB,
! or with the old, as night be their pleasure.
/ and Gen Nichols did not offer himself to
ths people OF Louisiana as q candidate Tor
| reelection. Coy. Witt was elected and was
/ removed by ilntimely death, and Coy. Nc
I Emery, the present Executive Of the state.
came INTO otlCgl as Lieutenant Governor. 20
| fiji ont his unexpired term. He was again
l elected by the people, and is now serving the
7 term for which he was chosen. Coy. No
Emery like his predecessors, 10 on TRIAL before
the people OF TINS State. Gov AlcEneFyt llle
| Gov NichoilR, Is q candidate for reelection,
! sud the bright hEbtH are turned upon him,
! upon the reeOIu which he has made, anq
| upon every cot Of his political life, and
! stand here, fellow Citizens ready 70 give 70
! Coy. McIsnery the BsHls credit which accord
/ 10 his Democratic fedeCeBgoEs--tilat OF hay
] ing been tAIthtu4, able ana RouoraDle
/ public servant, who has discharged nus uu-
I ties to che people with efficiency and bllity,
] with credit TO himself, and with honor 70 the
DAAls. lAEhAAAhEsl
Now, fellow-citiEens, say Rgnin I find no
| fault with the candidacy Of Gen. hlchdLs,o or
tho candidacy OF Cor. McEneFy. HE oflne
Of Governor Ia a high and honorable one IL
is one to which any honorable citizen may
well aspire. Gen. Nichols, as L said before,
has q right to claim any honor at the hands
OF his fellOW-GitI8enE that he may desire OF
that they may desire to confer upon AlIl.
But Gen. Nichols does not como before the
people and tell them that be desires to be
Governor Of LOulsi8lla- Gen. NICHOLS comes
before the people Ike some loflolPuuE drawn
from his retreat, and brought forward As his
friends say Hnd Hs he hlmsslI lutlmates, Tor
the purpose Of saving the Democratic party
RHd TadeemlnE and reforming the State
government. ! am prepared to believe
Gen. Nichols WIeIl he says thai he
does not uaiirG to be Governor Of Louis
lana, and that in being . candidate he does
not follow ms own Wishes; that puhhc
life is dlEtasteiui to him. Then why, fellow
citizens, does GgD. Nichols come forward at
this Crisls rs q candidate. Why, II h0 does not
want the Othca, nor desire to be q candidate
does be offer himself to the people and does
he go through all the parishes o. this State,
urging 1hC people TO support bis candidacy
He says because he II told that he Is the only
man who can uLiIy and haTmonl8e the
Democratic party Because he is told, fel-
low-citlzPREr thas there Is q publC deInHnd
calling him from MS retreat Tor the purpose
Of saving the Democratic parry and reform
ms or redsemIug ths State OF Louisiana.
Well, fsLl1W-CltlzeuBp
IoANl7OT AGREE WITH TyFEs FRETENsIoE.
1 am not prepared to say thai the State Of
Louisiana requires salvation. ] RLn not pre-
pared to say that the State Of LoulElHpa re-
Q1lrss q savior, no matter who he may be, to
come forward and redeem her; or hat the
Democratic party requires the service OF any
Ole man IN the Stale OF Louisiana for the
purpose Of unItynE, haFmgnlElng and
unitlng the party. II 1t did, fglloW-CitiEeug,
] cannot bEaeye that the canvass which is
undertaken by tho friends Of Gen. Nichols
is calculated 10 unity harmonic OF unite
the Democratic party. That CANVASS is
leEellGl against the present Democratic
State administration. Ihave been charged,
1eLOW-CltlEeAE, unlustiy, with attempting to
read Democrats ont Of the party, have been
charged with saving that the canvass on the
part Of Ger. Nichols and his friends lg not a
Democrats Ctnyaas- l deny It. l admit
that Gen. Nichols himself issthe peer of any
Democrat in this state; l admit that his
B1ppuTte and followers are Democrats, and
always have been; but l any That the CANVASS
which is beng WEgsd by them Is NOT a Demo
cratic canvass, because that canvass is IN be-
half OF one man, because mat eanTaaB il
pEe3icatsd upon the assertion that there
Is but one man who can save
the Democratic party; and because that
eanTass + Wa2td against the present Demo
! cratic administration for which hold that
! all Democrats are alike responsible. l assume
4 my share Of responsibility for it. Its the
Democratic administration Of tins State. It
/ was elected and placed in power by the
| Democratic party / claim that as long a.
| the administration is true 10 the Democratic
] party which placed 1t IN poser, as long E6 il
IL worthy Of the support Of the people, il IB
Graf, and war should not be made upon it by
any portion Of the Democratic party Zap
plAuBe.J teHOW-eltlzeus1 who told Con.
Nichols that be WAS the only man IN the
State who could unity and bRrmOn3ze the
Democratic party7 did that assertion come
from the people or Was Gen Nichols
brought out By the peopie7 Was there any
great public mass meeting held in the chief
city Of the State, or anywhere else in any OF
tho parishes, which called uD0n him 10 be-
| Gomez candidate, and was that appeal taken
uD IN other parishes aud sen1 reyerbaEating
| through the hills and valleys of Louisiana
until il became the aeelamRtien of the whole
people calling upon him 30 lead the Demo.
cratic party IN the coming contest? Ny TEL.
: lOW-cltl8ens, ! deny it. Gen. Nichols was
called upon TO be
A CANDIDATE By A URTTER
written bEa citizen Of the parish of Caddo,
aud the letter and the answer were pnhlishad
simultaneously; they were published attel
oonsutt4ilon; With whom was this eansgilta.
tiun held7 Was il held with the people vi
Jattap, o. bad with the people OF New Or,
leans, o. the people 81 Caleasiel; was il held
With the people Of louisiana No. my fell
loW-eiiizens, the candidate was FIRST chosen,
alld an SadEeA3 was Issued afterWara ealling
upon the people to attend meetings anC
listen to Gen. Nichols and tue speakers WhC
would be with him, and TO rally to the sup.
port of his eaudidRtuTe, and whatever en-.
tiiusiSsn, whatever feeling there may be
among thePe3ple In favor Of ths candidacy
Of Gen. NiehOllE-and there may be Rrsst
deal--has been created by that canvass and
has not come FROM the people originally.
n Nov, fallOW-oitizens, i deny that any man
ID this State is necessary for the saiyAtipn III
the Democratic party. Applause / deny
the assertion that there IL bnt one man Ia
4 this Stale who can unite and harmonic toe
Democratic parry. IbelisY8 that tile noulina-
tion Of any Democrat who II true and good
man viii harmonic the Democratic party.
fAppiause.i
/ 4ou are divided fellow citizens Of Caloa-
HleU; you are IN favor OF different eHndi-
aateE the majority IT FolI may he supporters
Of the candidacy of Gen Nichols; but un-
deTtake 10 say for the people 81 Caleasieu,
and although haze never been among them
before j know theif history, that the n0ni-
nation Oh either of these distinguished gem
tieinen VIII hafmuHige and unity the Deno-
same, can be 7, aaid 81 tbs, people Of The other